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1966

Formula One Legends: World Championship 1966

1966 represent a revolutionary year: no, we are not talking about universities movements and hippy vs yuppies, but about the introduction of the 3 liters engines as maximum engine size in the World Championship of Formula One.

This drastic change saw the Lotus strangely unprepared, while Ferrari and Brabham were quick to adapt.

Lotus and BRM even didn’t try immediately with the 3.0 and both preferred to rely on 2 litre engines for almost the whole season.

Ferrari struggled though with his driver, John Surtees who after a dispute in LeMans left the Italian team to join Cooper, leaving the ‘’Cavallino Rampante’’ only with Ludovico Scarfiotti, not the fastest but able anyway to take a victory in the Italian GP.

Other driver followed the example of Brabham, driving their own cars, but without initial great results: Bruce McLaren and Dan Gurney.

If anyone wanted to copy Brabham there will be a reason and this was explicited when Brabham put a strike of four consecutive victories which allowed him to take the lead of the championship till the end, although the last attacks of John Surtees.